Disability Disability Short Films

Kalai Vanen is a 62 year old, Amputee Fitness Coach with over 80 clients, and has been a fitness coach for the last 10 years. Kalai Vanen competed in the Asean Para-olympic games in 2015. Kalai has 2 grown children and a wife.  However, life wasn’t always like this for him. In 1982, Kalai found out he had a tumour and had to be dismissed from the Singapore army in effect to that. For the next 7 years, he is in a dilemma to amputate his legs because of his mother of old age. In the cause of that, his condition worsened. The pain grew beyond physical and Kalai was running out of hope. By 1987, the tumour grew to be 32 inches wide. He is lost, distraught up till he met Jin, his then ex-classmate, now wife.   Kalai eventually found his purpose in life once again and proceeded with the amputation before moving forward in life. However, life wasn’t always that easy. With the lack of tertiary education, Kalai finds himself jobless. Until… A couple went up to the gym and asked him to train them. That changed his life forever.

Follow us and get inspired by Norliana, a motivated visually handicapped individual who shares her story on how she overcame her biggest struggles and takes us through her signature homemade recipe: the grilled chicken wrap.

Follow us and get to know more about Joshua, an undergraduate student from Singapore Management University (SMU). Recently, he even won the Goh Chok Tong Enable Awards. As a motivated individual, Joshua does not let his visual impairment stop him from helping others, going to university, and impacting others through public speaking.

Mr. Quek Hong Choon is a social service professional at Sun-Dac. He lost his normal vision about five years ago. Nevertheless, he does not let his visual impairment stop him from helping those with other disabilities! Follow us to know more about his story and journey.

Steve is a national para cyclist representing Singapore in Tokyo Paralympic. He was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa causing him to lose his normal vision. However, he felt so hungry and started his journey again...

Looking into the life of an Indonesian deaf futsal player, Anggita. She has made Indonesia in the deaf futsal sport known internationally as ranked 3rd in the Pacific Pacific deaf futsal competition in Bangkok, Thailand. With all of her achievements, we look deeper into her relationships with fellow human beings and those closest to her.[Now On Vee!] Filmmaker, Albertus, is currently raising funds for his new project, 'Pontianak, 1989', a documentary about the importance of memory. Learn more about his campaign and support him here!

Yoon-kyung, a blind woman, is on her way to a job interview for the first time in her life. However, it is not easy to find the place and she is lost in the middle of the city. At that moment, a man named Kyu-sik speaks to Yoon-kyung.